A Cave

Aeryon did not want to alert the Sordkazan tribe of his presence here.

"My presence should not be noticed" he thought to himself. This is not the time to stoke some kind of conflict in the east

And it would be hard for him to explain things to people if he uses high profile method to cross the east.

Would anyone believe him if he said he is here to find some kind of spirit of the Steppe? They would rather believe that he would be planning his eastern expedition rather than believing that he comes here to find some kind of fable thing

Sordkazan tribe stance toward him and his tribe still remains ambiguous

And for such a person, Aeryon did not want to bet his life against such an uncertain odds.

It would be a humiliation to get caught by the Sordkazan warrior and ransomed back to his tribe or become slave.

He did want to imitate Genghis Khan. But that did not mean he want to imitate all the things that happen in Genghis Khan life.